Real Estate in the Boston Area : Modernism Specialists
Real Estate in the Boston Area : Modernism Specialists
Photos by Lara Kimmerer. Click any photo to enlarge: “The Swanson House” is an updated and extremely well-maintained Walter Pierce-custom-designed mid-century modernist classic in Brown’s Wood, built in 1956. Expansive open floor plan, clean and soaring architectural lines, gleaming hardwood, and treetop views from walls of glass. Lower level offers home office or au…
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It has been a super busy spring and summer in our little world of real estate. Almost everything we have listed sold very quickly and handling the subsequent details for closings, as well as a badly needed vacation, kept us from posting a lot of extra fun stuff. But here are two such fun…
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From our friends at the Cape Cod Modern House Trust, comes this call for action supporting the Wellfleet Historic Review Board’s effort to maintain a demolition delay list. Preservation can be a tricky cause in some instances, and as a real estate broker, I have been embroiled in one or two. But in the case…
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I had the pleasure today to finally visit this listing atop Tabor Hill Road in Lincoln. Tabor Hill is a cul-de-sac of Henry Hoover-designed and other modernist homes, culminating at the top of the road with buena vistas out over the reservoir, Route 2, Lexington and the Boston skyline beyond. This siting of this renovated…
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I had the pleasure today to finally visit this listing atop Tabor Hill Road in Lincoln. Tabor Hill is a cul-de-sac of Henry Hoover-designed and other modernist homes, culminating at the top of the road with buena vistas out over the reservoir, Route 2, Lexington and the Boston skyline beyond. This siting of this renovated…
Read MoreRegular readers will recall a post for a listing we had for a Deck House in Lincoln. We mentioned it being in close proximity to the well-known Flansburgh House, which architecte Earl Flansburgh built for his own family (which includes his son, John of They Might Be Giants). Well, now comes an article in the…
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See below for video links. Click any photo to enlarge: Offered at $998,800: 11 Woodcock Lane is a Lincoln nine-plus acre waterfront property sited at the end of level cul-de-sac off of Weston Road. Assessed by the town of Lincoln at $1,034,600, this listing offers a rare value opportunity to preserve a mid-century modernist house…
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Click any photo to enlarge: Centrally located in one of Lexington’s most coveted and convenient neighborhoods, Loring Hill, this mid-century ranch was updated and expanded with designs from Lexington architects, Bechtel Frank Erickson. The first-floor master suite was expanded in 2006 with cathedral ceilings and an en suite bathroom with separate shower and whirlpool tub….
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Read MoreModernism in Mid-Century Massachusetts This is an overview of the history in Lexington alone. For more dynamic and updated information, including new and active mid-century modern real estate listings, please check at the Home button on top. Much of the material below is covered in the video clip below, but with more detail in…
Read MoreI just stumbled across this piece by David Fixler, President of the New Englad chapter of DOCOMOMO. Years ago, I read a similar piece by Mr. Fixler in Architecture Boston. Massachusetts is home to the first (and only prewar) Modern house neighborhoods in this country, of which the earliest and one of the most significant…
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From Architects.org: Link Here And another (from Harvard Magazine) regarding preservation of modernists homes, pointing out a brief history that predates Walter Gropius’ arrival at Harvard. Henry Hoover is discussed.
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